^^S ON THE FEET* 



When the efchar has fallen off, the wound 

 foon fills up ; but fhould any particle of the 

 cartilage or bone remain, and the exfoliation 

 have been imperfcft, frelh fiftul^ would enfue> 

 and occafion the neceffity of a new operation ; 

 an inconvenience which I experienced before 

 I had the advantage of reading St. Bel's Book. 

 Probe the black fpots, and if needful introduce 

 a fufficiently folid tent, foaked in the above- 

 named tinfture, and lightly dufted over with 

 powdered vitriol, or red precipitate, in order 

 to facilitate the defired exfoliation, and con- 

 fume part of the flefh covering it. When once 

 the wound is found to the bottom, all danger is 

 at an end, and the trouble is amply recom- 

 penfed. Run at grafs previous to work. 



narrow heels, and binding of the 

 ■ hoop; grogginess and surbating;. 



THE foundered FOOT, AND LOSS OF 

 HOOF. 



Narrow heels. I have already fpoken 

 fufficientlv of cafes of this kind, and will only 

 add, that hard, narrow, and wiry heeled horfes, 

 of all others, demand the new method of fhoe- 

 ing ; and that you had better to avoid vexation, 

 knock your horfe on the head at once, than 

 have him (hod by a common farrier, who will, 

 conjurer-likcj every time of flioeing, open the 



• heels ; 



